'It's very aesthetically pleasing.' Prada and Axiom just revealed the stylish cooling suit Artemis astronuats will wear under their spacesuit on the moon

New York — This weekend, I watched as Prada and Axiom Space unveiled the next-generation Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment for astronauts on the moon. While that name sounds like a mouthful, it's actually a critical piece of Axiom's new AxEMU spacesuits the company is designing with Prada pair are designing for NASA's Artemis lunar missions. And it comes complete with stirrup pants and thumb holes. High fashion hit the Artemis program when designer fashion house Prada and aerospace company Axiom teamed up to create AxEMU , the spacesuits that NASA astronauts will be wearing on the moon. And in a reveal on Sunday (June 7), we finally got a look at the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG for short). "This is the garment that astronauts wear inside the suit," Axiom Space Senior Vice President Russell Ralston told Space.com during a press event at Prada on June 7. "It provides them comfort, cooling, and those kinds of things ... really proud of the design." Axiom Space and Prada unveiled a sleek, stylish new liquid cooling and ventilation undergarment (right) for their new spacesuit that Artemis astronauts will wear on the moon during at a flagship Prada store in NYC on June 7, 2026. (Image credit: Space.com/Steve Spaleta) Checking out the design The LCVG looks like a really cool piece of activewear. From the v-neck to the thumbhole sleeves, throwback stirrup pants, tech-y tubing and Prada's signature red stripe , this thing looks cool. …